Bass Fishing
Get the drop on bass with a drop-shot rig
Andy Wicker said that his go-to lure when conditions are tough on Lake Monticello in January is a drop-shot rig with a green-pumpkin Zoom trick worm. […]
Bass Fishing
Bass Fishing
Dew will do to aid bleeding bass
Bass anglers who use soft-plastic worms or lizards, often see fish suck down hooks that cause deep wounds and blood loss. […]
Bass Fishing
Plug in to the latest in marine electronics
Being a civil engineer for the S.C. Department of Transportation has more than a work impact on Andy Wicker. […]
Bass Fishing
Tilapia lures effective for Hyco bass
Lure selection sometimes is critical when bass-fishing during the winter. […]
Bass Fishing
Don’t forget Monticello for great winter bass-fishing
According to plenty of fishermen across South Carolina, one of the better — and often overlooked — winter bass fisheries in the state is Lake Monticello. […]
Bass Fishing
Cool runnings – North Carolina’s out-of-the-way Hyco Lake is a winter paradise, thanks to hot water
Among outdoors and non-outdoors people, bass anglers are considered, well, a little off kilter. […]
Bass Fishing
Solving Jocassee’s mystery – South Carolina’s Lake Jocassee shouldn’t produce big bass, but it does — and plenty of them.
The big swimbait sailed through the air and landed like a dead — or at least stunned — trout on the surface of Lake Jocassee. It lay there motionless for a few seconds while Rob McComas shrugged his shoulders to loosen up and focused on the water around the lure. […]
Bass Fishing
Dave Wolak’s five favorite winter bass baits
Many bass fishermen lead double lives, torn between their bass boats and tree stands. But as the door slams shut on deer season, the choice for cold-water bass fishing becomes clear. […]
Bass Fishing
Be a December fish scout
When it comes to deer hunting, none of us mind spending a few days in the woods before the season, doing our scouting, setting up trail cameras, getting a bead on where that big buck might show up. […]
Bass Fishing
Be a weather watcher
There are a lot of good reasons to fish in December, chief among them, most everybody else is deer hunting, and you’ve pretty much got the lake to yourself. […]